This briefing explains how organizations can scale infrastructure automation by moving from isolated scripts to a unified, strategic automation program. Page 1 highlights why efforts often stall—tooling gaps, inconsistent skills and cultural resistance—and stresses the need for strong foundations, visibility and a single source of truth. Page 2 outlines platform engineering principles, including building a scalable automation team, modernizing CMDB use, adopting open or closed discovery models and shifting to operational automation with code review discipline. Expected outcomes include a roadmap, quick wins and clear investment priorities.

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